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Reggie Dunlop · 05-10-2008, 08:39 PM

I say it's BS.

I don't care if you were a pump jockey once. Did you see the books? Or did the boss feed you a line as to why he couldn't give you a raise?

Something doesn't jive here. I don't see too many gas stations closing down. Can't be a break-even proposition.

If I'm like most motorists, when I gas up I'm doing it myself and there's one kid at the counter taking my money. I might buy a bag of chips or some wiper fluid once or twice a year, but otherwise, I'm just buying fuel and I don't think my buying pattern is the least unusual.

Someone is making money out of all this.

But here we have the retailers claiming they barely eke out a living (and this going on for generations), the exploration companies whining about government royalties, and probably the traders too with some spiel about the hand-to-mouth lifestyle of a commodity trader.

I dunno, is the Oil bidness such a sacred cow that its beyond reproach in an oiltown like Calgary? Larf. Past providing paycheques for a bunch o' folks, I don't see a whole lot of benevolence. Hell, the Oil companies would love it if Alberta were a third world dictatorship with slave labour and non-existent environmental standards.

05-10-2008, 08:39 PM	#14
Reggie Dunlop All I can get Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	I say it's BS. I don't care if you were a pump jockey once. Did you see the books? Or did the boss feed you a line as to why he couldn't give you a raise? Something doesn't jive here. I don't see too many gas stations closing down. Can't be a break-even proposition. If I'm like most motorists, when I gas up I'm doing it myself and there's one kid at the counter taking my money. I might buy a bag of chips or some wiper fluid once or twice a year, but otherwise, I'm just buying fuel and I don't think my buying pattern is the least unusual. Someone is making money out of all this. But here we have the retailers claiming they barely eke out a living (and this going on for generations), the exploration companies whining about government royalties, and probably the traders too with some spiel about the hand-to-mouth lifestyle of a commodity trader. I dunno, is the Oil bidness such a sacred cow that its beyond reproach in an oiltown like Calgary? Larf. Past providing paycheques for a bunch o' folks, I don't see a whole lot of benevolence. Hell, the Oil companies would love it if Alberta were a third world dictatorship with slave labour and non-existent environmental standards.